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This web page is an animation of a simple pendulum consisting of a mass on a string. It displays changes in potential and kinetic energy, allowing students to observe that they are conserved and sum to a constant throughout the entire oscillation. This item is part of a collection of similar simulation-based activities for introductory physics students.

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